1866 · Pittsburgh
by Williams, Aaron
Pittsburgh: Printed by W.S. Haven, 1866. viii, [9]-182pp. Bound in publisher's black blindstamped cloth with gilt title on front board [some extremity wear, rear inner hinge cracked, lacks rear endpapers]. Scattered foxing, first few pages damped. Narrow tears at blank outer margins of pages 141-144. Good+.
Johann Rapp founded the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society, in Germany in 1785. Persecuted by the Lutheran Church and the government, he moved the group to the United States in 1803. Rapp's followers were called Harmonists or Rappites. They settled in Pennsylvania for a time, relocated to Indiana for several years, (truncated)
Johann Rapp founded the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society, in Germany in 1785. Persecuted by the Lutheran Church and the government, he moved the group to the United States in 1803. Rapp's followers were called Harmonists or Rappites. They settled in Pennsylvania for a time, relocated to Indiana for several years, (truncated)